Training Programs

Training Programs for Teachers of the Japanese-Language

The Institute invites Japanese-language teachers from all levels of education (primary, secondary, and higher education) to general language schools (for adults and young children), to attend training programs on Japanese-language, and teaching methods as well as current topics in Japan, with the hope of strengthening the education of Japanese-language overseas.

The following training programs are organized for fiscal year 2018 (April 1, 2018 to March 31,2019).
Application for fiscal year 2018 was closed on December, 1 2017.
Information about application for fiscal year 2019 will be available around autumn 2018.
For reference : Program Guidelines (FY2018)(PDF:137KB)

This program is designed to provide teachers of the Japanese-language working abroad and government officials who have experience in teaching the Japanese language abroad and are expected to be leaders of the academic world of Japanese language education in their own regions/countries, with an opportunity to obtain a Master’s degree in Japanese language education. This graduate program is offered by The Japan Foundation Japanese-Language Institute, Urawa and by the National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies (GRIPS)Pamphlet(GRIPS website) (PDF: 2MB)

A training course in the Japanese language and basic teaching methods: This program is designed to provide foreign teachers of the Japanese language who are early in their career with an opportunity to improve their Japanese language skills and teaching methodology and to deepen their knowledge of Japan.

An intensive two-month course in Japanese language and teaching methods : This program is designed to provide foreign teachers of Japanese-language, who have at least two years of experience in teaching Japanese language, with an opportunity to improve their Japanese language skills and teaching methodology and to cultivate their ability to understand other cultures.
This program includes “Special quota for Teachers of the Japanese-Language for Japanese descendants” to help improve Japanese-language education for Japanese descendants in Central and South America.

Training is provided on the specific themes of (1) Teaching Japanese grammar and (2) Course Design in fiscal 2018 to deepen knowledge on theories and methodologies related to the theme and to improve educational capacity, with the aim of resolving issues in educational settings.
Both native and non-native speakers of Japanese may apply to this program.

Training is provided to Japanese language teachers who are independently engaged in projects to resolve problems or challenges they face such as the teaching materials or curriculum development, so that they can improve their specialist knowledge and techniques in order to complete their projects.

This training program is designed to provide teachers of the Japanese language who belong to organizations of the Sakura Network, are early experience in teaching the Japanese language and are necessary to improve Japanese language skills further, with an opportunity to improve Japanese language skills and to deepen their knowledge of Japan.